FORESTRY EDUCATION IN GREAT I5RITA1N. I49 



Forestry occupies a single winter session, and forms part of the 

 course for the degree of B.Sc. in Agriculture. 



The class-fee for the First Course of Forestry is ;^3, 3s., and 

 that for the Advanced Course of Forestry is £^2, 2s. The fees 

 for the other Degree Courses amount to about ^47. The 

 Degree Examination fees are ;^6, i6s. 6d., and the total, 

 including the annual Matriculation fee of ^r, is., is thus about 

 jQ^o. The cost of board and lodging in one of the halls 

 connected with the university, for each academic year of 30 

 weeks, ranges between about ;^4o and ^50, which for two and 

 one-third years of residence comes to from about ^90 to about 

 p{^i2o. The total estimated expenditure by a Degree student, 

 for board and lodging, and university fees, with excursions and 

 a practical course on the Continent, is about ^^300, or ^100 

 a year. 



During the 21 years of the existence of the Forestry Depart- 

 ment, 201 students have passed through the First Course of 

 Forestry; and during 14 years, from 1895-6 to 1908-9, 51 

 agricultural students have passed in Forestry for the Degree in 

 Agriculture. The university has no woods under its control, but 

 practical instruction is given by means of visits paid to privately- 

 owned woods in the neighbourhood. Among these are the woods 

 of the Raith estate, owned by Mr Munro Ferguson ; and in 

 order to enhance their value for instructional purposes, the 

 lecturer has drawn up for them a working-plan or scheme of 

 management. There are several trade nurseries in the suburbs 

 of Edinburgh, and visits are paid to them and to the arboretum 

 and galleries of the Royal Botanic Garden. In connection with 

 the Advanced Course of Forestry, more extensive excursions 

 are prescribed ; and Degree students are required to undergo a 

 training of six months in Continental forests. 



The lecturer is in frequent correspondence with owners, 

 agents, and foresters in regard to silvicultural questions; and he 

 takes occasion, during the class excursions, to discuss such 

 questions on the ground. He has drawn up a working-plan for 

 the woods for the Novar estate in Ross-shire ; and he has, from 

 time to time, given advice to local institutions on the planting of 

 their lands. 



The accommodation provided for the lecturer on forestry 

 includes a lecture-room, and a class-museum containing a con- 

 siderable number of illustrative objects. The university has a 



